Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Editorial / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
Pelosi Champions the Public Option Pelosi Champions the Public Option
A Congressional Budget Office report suggesting that a robust public option would actually cut the deficit seems to have lit a fire under Speaker Pelosi.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Will Congress Pass a Strong Public Option? Will Congress Pass a Strong Public Option?
Author Sharon Lerner and Rep. Raul Grijalva discuss flaws in the Senate Finance Committee's health bill and increased popular support for a public option.
Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform? Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform?
Is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to a discussion of a public option?
Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth
The healthcare debate has become a convenient distraction from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise
The latest health care legislative compromise being floated is one in which states would be allowed to opt out of offering a public option. I suppose if someone put a gun to my hea...
Oct 8, 2009 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel thinks that we need to stop fixating on debt and unemployment benefits, and instead focus on a job creation program.
Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare
Marcy Wheeler talks strategy, saying that Democrats need to "push the positive" to encourage people to not accept anything but the public option.
Oct 1, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
Rethinking Government Rethinking Government
Effective government is the precondition of freedom. And Obama needs to tell us that.
Sep 30, 2009 / Editorial / Drew Westen
Democrats Don’t Deliver Healthcare Reform… Again Democrats Don’t Deliver Healthcare Reform… Again
Five Democratic senators on the Senate Finance Committee helped defeat a public option; do they really think that will advance reform--or even their political careers?
Sep 29, 2009 / Editorial / Adam Howard